VELCRO® Brand fasteners are now part of everyone’s lives, offering practical, versatile, convenient and safe fastening solutions to the: • Home • School • Office • Travel & Leisure • Garden • Manufacturing Industries The inspiration behind the famous VELCRO® Brand fastener was the cocklebur. In 1941 a Swiss inventor got the idea from closely inspecting a burr which had attached itself to his dog’s coat whilst out walking. It took him a decade to find the material and develop a machine that would produce a closure with consistent performance. Created from the first syllables of the French words velours (loop) and crochet (hook), the VELCRO® brand name has, since 1959, been given to an extensive range of products that have greatly simplified fastening and closure operations.
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